Leaving the village centre we headed up the road towards Hartington Hall (which is a Youth Hostel) and the followed the narrow road which eventually reached Wolfescote Grange but at a junction where a muddy track continues straight-ahead, we followed this muddy track which brought us to part way down Biggin Dale.
We followed the remainder of Biggin Dale to the junction with Wolfescote Dale with the River Dove flowing past and then turned right to follow the broad surface track, seeing a Heron land on the opposite bank and also a Dipper further along.
After reaching the northern end of Wolfescote Dale we crossed a large flat field which is often water-logged at this time of the year but due to the unusually dry ground this year, was only a little muddy.
Crossing a foot bridge brought us the Beresford Dale and again a broad track eventually arriving at more fields bordering the village of Hartington and back where we had started.
We stopped in the café by the village centre for a refreshment but found that there was a power cut and it was dark inside but they had some candles on the tables and luckily were able to still serve tea or coffee and cakes!
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